Unicode Character "⬖" (U+2B16)

The character ⬖ (DIAMOND WITH LEFT HALF BLACK) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2B16. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.0 (July, 2006). It is HTML encoded as ⬖.

Main Unicode Properties

Name DIAMOND WITH LEFT HALF BLACK
Unicode Codepoint U+2B16
Unicode Version 5.0 (July, 2006)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2B16 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⬖
HTML (hex) ⬖
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AC%96
CSS \2B16
JavaScript \u{2B16}
JSON \u2B16
C, C++ \U00002B16
Java \u2B16
Python \U00002B16
Rust \u{2B16}
Ruby \u{2B16}

How to type "⬖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 B 1 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 B 1 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⬖
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⬖
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⬖
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAC 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2B16
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002B16

References